Purcell v. Richmond & Danville Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried at Fall Term, 1890, of Alamance Superior Court, MacRae, J, presiding*. plaintiff’s appeal. The material portions of the complaint are— “That on the 21st day of September, 1889, the plaintiff purchased from defendant’s agent at Haw River a ticket to Burlington, and thereby the defendant contracted with the plaintiff to receive him on its passenger train as a passenger from Haw River station to Burlington station, and for the fare as paid as aforesaid; that…
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Civil action, tried at Fall Term, 1890, of Alamance Superior Court, MacRae, J, presiding*. plaintiff’s appeal. The material portions of the complaint are— “That on the 21st day of September, 1889, the plaintiff purchased from defendant’s agent at Haw River a ticket to Burlington, and thereby the defendant contracted with the plaintiff to receive him on its passenger train as a passenger from Haw River station to Burlington station, and for the fare as paid as aforesaid; that said ticket specified that it was good for that day and train only, and was purchased for the regular passenger train…
1Opinion of the Court
PLAINTIFF'S APPEAL.
The material portions of the complaint are —
"That on 21 September, 1889, the plaintiff purchased from defendant's agent at Haw River a ticket to Burlington, and thereby the defendant contracted with the plaintiff to receive him on its (415) passenger train as a passenger from Haw River station to Burlington station, and for the fare as paid as aforesaid; that said ticket specified that it was good for that day and train only, and was purchased for the regular passenger train due on its western trip at Haw River at an early hour in the morning of said 21 September, 1889;…
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